Though it had leaked a few days earlier, EA Sports announced Wednesday that Brown will grace the front of Madden 19 standard edition which will be available world wide for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on Aug. 10. Brown was long overdue for a cover as the NFL's reigning best wide receiver for five seasons.

Though it hasn't been officially announced, it seems pretty clear Pittsburgh Steelers WR Antonio Brown is the cover boy for the standard edition of Madden 19. On Tuesday, Steelers Depot tweeted out an image of several Madden 19 covers on which Brown is portrayed as the cover athlete.

EA has officially released the floodgates during this year's pre-release hype train. On Friday, EA Sports announced a load of information about Madden NFL 19 including the release date, Hall of Fame Edition cover athlete, pre-order details and some of the game's new features.

The football season is over, but we’re just coming into the start of the Madden 19 release date hype. From now on, MmoGah will keep sharing all of the latest news and details related to the release of Madden 19 in this post, so please keep checking back to stay up to date with the latest information on Madden 19.